I am often asked why I do not want to be a journalist, as my family has a history in this field, and mindful of some of the products today, that I could make a living out of it. All I say is that is for when or if I reach 90, when I am no good for anything ...
A delegation came this morning to consult and ask for assistance in how they could resolve the dilemma from 550 being suddenly terminated due to the closure of their garment factory, ostensibly due to lack of orders. We spent some time explaining the options available to them along with guidance on what they have to do in order to ...
Following on from yesterday’s observations, there was a talk given to parents of children attending the ‘daham pasala’ or Sunday school about how they should choose where they send their kids. They should investigate the quality of the teaching and the teacher rather than the beauty of the buildings and the “janapriya” or fame of the temple. The shame ...
I have recently been to more Buddhist Temples, and met the Chief Priests at Temple and at our offices, than the rest of my life before that. I would like to share some of my experiences as far as the development of the temple premises and related enhancements is concerned. Firstly, I observed that it is essential that the ...
I have recently been to more Buddhist Temples, and met the Chief Priests at Temple and at our offices, than the rest of my life before that. I would like to share some of my experiences as far as the development of the temple premises and related enhancements is concerned. Firstly, I observed that it is essential that the ...
I was picked up at 9.45am, the group consisted of the driver, the policeman in uniform assigned to protect on the front seat, the MP and myself and the photographer in the back bucket seats of the Landcruiser. Our first stop was at a Temple in the constituency, where the kids were in the ‘Daham pasala’ outfits seated outside ...
It is evident that we could face unforeseen, sudden and catastrophic changes to our lifestyles. The accident I had in January was one such event. At the time of the accident, I thought I was lucky to be alive. My vehicle was totaled, and I was concentrating on recovery and back to work in a few months. Alas it ...
My incapacity put paid to my schedule and income, all happening in a flash, way back in January of this year. I was also managing my sister’s property adjoining mine, and so this was an opportunity for her to get into managing hers. She had her own vision of what she wanted to achieve, and brought a person to ...
In the past few blog entries I gave a brief review of the experiences of the past month of having a person to help me with my day to day activities and there are many other notable points I have omitted. It was nevertheless a challenging and not altogether fruitless exercise in human relationships. The reason I was compelled ...
a continuation from the previous blog entryAs if that was not enough, I think these growing boys need to eat more than three meals a day, constantly angling to eat. My problem was that I am not completely set up for a cooking experience! And still have to get the gas cooker oven serviced. As I eat seldom or ...
Continued from the previous blog entryThen it was the case of how much liquid cleaner one could mix to mop the floor; it was hard enough to explain why a capful was needed and not any more. Once this had prematurely run out due to overuse, I said use a dab of Dettol and lo and behold I found ...
Continuation from the previous blog entry which was Part 1I later found out that he was addicted to smoking; that is, cigarettes if he could afford it but also “suruttu”, a thicker form of “beedi” or rolled up tobacco leaves, which he brought from Ampara. I understand that hours in the fields taking care of his cattle with a ...
He did not have an ID card, a staple for survival in SL. He is very dark and in the salubrious roads of Colombo 7 could be mistaken for Tamil. His accent of speaking Sinhala is a little difficult for us to understand and some of the expressions they use are also unfathomable and require explanation. He spoke about ...
I have spent the past few months in contemplation in realigning my life to take account of the new circumstances, and did not wish to use the blogosphere to air my thought processes but rather in reflective evaluation of the options available to me, to make the appropriate choice of work. After my second more painful operation of taking ...
My operation was done under a spinal anesthetic, so that I was completely conscious during the whole procedure. They inject a numbing injection to the spine first and then inject the anesthetic into a three places in the spine with a long needle. I was not too crazy about that! I had gone through a similar operation before so it ...
At the time of my accident I was in an ordinary ward starting with the overcrowded, accident wards, however this time round as I could chose the date I was admitted the Doctor gave a note for me to be admitted to a Class I paying ward.Once the admission formalities were completed on Monday, July 25th I was admitted after ...
It is Wednesday the 3rd of August, and it was last Wednesday that I had my rather complicated 'bone graft operation". This operation took about 4 hours and was longer and more painful than the one fixing my leg with with pins in February as reported earlier. I will not go into the details as I don't know much, but ...
I have been asked numerous times to update this blog as my traditional readership has now left this site due to inactivity. You all know that my Dream turned into a nightmare on January 30th 2011 and I am yet to recover from it. In fact the bad fracture that I had at the accident, has yet not set properly, ...
It was the 30th of January 2011 when my life completely changed, as a result of an errant security vehicle of a cabinet minister, losing control and ploughing into me in Minneriya. It was just a few minutes ago that Rauf Hakeem the Minister of Justice of Sri Lanka, left my apartment on Gregory's Road after having spoken to me ...
These past few months have been life changing, difficult and frustrating and I do see some light at the end of the tunnel as the physical healing process is noticeable . The lack of transport to go places and get things done has also meant a big financial loss to me in the agricultural field as well, and something ...